Emily Guerin

Episode 2 of LAist Studios podcast Imperfect Paradise: Nury & the Secret Tapes explores the disgraced former L.A. city council president's background and political career, and delves into the tensions roiling the council in the months leading up to the secretly-recorded meeting that forced Martinez to resign.

The four-part podcast includes an exclusive interview with former L.A. City Council president Nury Martinez, who resigned in disgrace after she was heard making racist and derogatory remarks.

Before the pandemic, Guru Jagat was a popular — and controversial — Kundalini yoga teacher. Then she started talking about conspiracy theories.

A core issue is what is truth.

Hear Guru Jagat’s tale of receiving the business plan for her yoga studio from a dead yoga master while at a meditation retreat in New Mexico.

The business practices at issue were essentially an open secret in Kern County for decades.

Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land now, you’ll be rich one day. Thousands of people bought this dream. Many were young couples and hard-working immigrants looking to build a better future. But much of the land they bought is nearly worthless. In this new podcast from LAist Studios, host Emily Guerin tells a story of money, power and deception.

It’s still a bleak picture overall.

The pandemic is devastating L.A.'s small businesses. One upside? Innovation is alive and well.

The complaint was amended just weeks after we reported the allegations by a former employee.